Pseudemoia spenceri
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Pseudemoia spenceri, also known commonly as Spencer's widow-eyed skink or the trunk-climbing cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. The specific name, spenceri, is in honour of English-Australian biologist Walter Baldwin Spencer.
P. spenceri is found in southeastern Australia, in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. The preferred natural habitats of P. spenceri are forest and rocky areas. P. spenceri is viviparous. Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Trunk-climbing Cool-skink sighting in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Trunk-climbing Cool-skink in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to September, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Trunk-climbing Cool-skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Trunk-climbing Cool-skink sightings, Kosciuszko National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Grampians National Park (Australia, about 10%) and Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same genus: Pseudemoia
The closest relatives of the Trunk-climbing Cool-skink that you can see in Kosciuszko National Park (genus Pseudemoia, Pseudemoia Grass Skinks) are Entrecasteaux's Skink (about 40%) and Tussock Skink (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Trunk-climbing Cool-skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kosciuszko National Park (28 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
